Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-01

pDest thing IN the way OF soiiu
&cfeIhent this State has witnessed
nee the days of 40" We told our
.isnd that he was right. But we in
s sted that their loss was our gain. The
asteners who have come here have
Dne what the San Franciscans could
.ot and would not do. The men who have
sme here from the other side brought
18th them the push, the vitality and
Ae nerve of people who had had ex-
srieuce in developing new States and
Hiding up great communities. They
new Just what to do to make things
am, and they had the courage to back
heir faith and their experience with
;apital. The rich men Of San Francisco
wsre offered every opportunity here for
ysars. Instead evincing disposition to
hel us and thereby help themselves,
they always treated our section with
sneers and our people with distrust. In
slS75 they repulsed us with contumely
> hen we offered to to pat up millions of
Aollars' worth of property for the loan OF
few hundred thousand. They showed
disposition then to depreciate our sec.
lion, they hardened themselves in thS'r
prsj udices, and now they are opening
their eyes to the fact that they have
nisssd golden opportunity. How diff
ferent is the tune they are beginning to
sing now. A San Franciscan who has
lust returned home from tour of OBJ
servstion here gives the Bulletin an idea
of his impressions. He says:
The people in this part of the State
who have not visited Southern Califor-
mia have only faint idea of the excite.
ment which is raging there. When
sit in my Office here and read or hear
about sffairs in the southern part of the
State, l am inclined to think that the
reports are exaggerated, or the people
have either gone daft or are blanked
fools. But when l went down there o
few weeks ego, and saw the crowds of
people and the wonderful changes |
which have taken place there since last |
winter; when / see the character of the |
persons coming in, and find the banks |
crammed with money; when ascertain |
that all these newcomers possess
wealth, and do not come here to make |
. living from the land they buy, am
forced to alter my opinion.
That whole country is going to be de.
veI0ped in the most thorough manner.
A railroad will be extended into every |
part ont where men can live, and there
v i'll be DO portion of it that will not be
in communication with the outside
world. The railroads are the pioneers
Of progress, making it-nay. forcing it
by opening mp new country and put
ing il within reach of the people.
And thus it is. Our section is grow
inQ with growth that is destined to
non make Southern California the big
nd of the state-6nancially, in business,
md in population. But the effect of the
lind policy in San Francisco will not
md here. When we were poor and in
listress she treated uslike step.mot
. doing 80 she planted the seeds of
Iisaffe ction which have ripened into an
rrepressible desire for State separation.
The new element sympathize with us
lot only because we have reason to feel
stranged on account of our bad treat.
nsnt, but because they see, as all the
Id Southern Californians have long
ssn, that there is an incompatibility of
interests between our section and theirs,
nd that our industries would be i'm
benefited by the erection of
new State here. This feeling is one
bst will not down, and the time is not {
n off when it will take practical shape.
10 power ON earth can prevent the State
Gsuth California becoming an accom- b
|inhsd fast in the near future. I,